Nikki Haley Takes Over as US Envoy to UN

Nikki Haley formally took over as United States Ambassador to the UN on Friday with a tough message from the US of “new strength” and “new vision” and a warning about doing away with “anything that is not working.” The first Indian American to hold the cabinet-level position, Haley presented her credentials to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as an air of uncertainty hung over the future of relations between the global organisation and the world power that pays 25 percent of its budget. She will be the second person of the Indian diaspora currently representing a nation other than India at the UN. Mauritius’ Permanent Representative is Jagdish Dharamchand Koonjul. There have been many diaspora Indians representing their countries at the UN in the past, incuding Assissi Chullikatt, who was Vatican’s ambassador till 2014. Currently scores of people of Indian origin serve in UN missions of countries from around the world. Speaking to reporters before she went to present her credentia